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Steinway Artist Hsing-ay Hsu (“Sing-I Shoo”)  is focused on the art of listening. As an international prizewinner, concert producer, teacher/educator, studio owner, and adjudicator, she joyfully demonstrates how to music as a catalyst to build multidimensional awareness and to make sense of the human experience.

Since her stage debut at age 4, Ms. Hsu has been performing at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center (NYC), and in Europe & Asia. Her thoughtful interpretations and “explosions of energy” (NY Times) have won her the Juilliard William Petschek Debut Award, William Kapell International Competition Silver Medal, Ima Hogg National First Prize, Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship, Gilmore Young Artist Award, and the US Presidential Scholar of the Arts Award from President Clinton.

Ms. Hsu is currently the Artist-in-Residence at Klavierhaus NYC and at Boulder Chamber Orchestra in CO. She was formerly Artistic Director for Pendulum New Music at the University of Colorado - Boulder, where she supervised over 500 student and professional premieres, and hosted national and international residencies. She has been guest faculty at several universities and guest speaker for various organizations including a MTNA national convention. She shares her multidimensional insights with Conscious ListeningTM Café webinars and courses to help audiences connect mind, body, and heart through music.

Owner of the Nutmeg Studio NYC, a retreat for lifelong learners, Ms. Hsu has developed several unique online courses to infuse creativity into the process of mastering traditional concepts. Approaching playing the piano as a combination of energies as well as a planned choreography, her unique integration of leading with listening and multiple modes of learning produces incredible results in advancing artistry and technical mastery. She serves on the summer faculties of Kaufman Center NY, Chautauqua Institution NY, and Rocky Ridge in CO.

Ms. Hsu loves to expand her teaching modalities, and regularly interviewing experts from different walks of life to explore musical analogies on her YouTube channel “HsingayHsu”. Born in Beijing, Ms. Hsu trained at Juilliard, Yale University, Aspen, Ravinia, Aldeburgh, and Tanglewood Festivals. 

Full Bio 

https://thewinebeat.com/episode-22-jacky-blot-and-the-re-invention-of-chenin-blanc/

Professional Ratings

DDecanter - 95 points

A nose full of complexity, rich with honey, beeswax, vanilla and wood. The palate is alive, vital, and although the finish is long it is quite closed at present, so needs more time in bottle to develop. The one-hectare Clos de Venise is a superb vineyard on the premier côte in the commune of Noizay. There is some clay and flint over limestone. The grapes are hand harvested with the initial sorting done in the vineyard as is customary throughout Jacky Blot’s vineyards. It is fermented and aged in Burgundian barrels, some new. This wine ought to be a Vouvray but due to politics within the Vouvray regional body they have to be labelled Vin de France. The late Jacky, his wife Joëlle and their son Jean-Philippe are one of the great Loire success stories. From modest beginnings they have built a world class estate for both white (Chenin) and red (Cabernet Franc). Jacky died after a short illness on 15th May 2023. These wines are a fine testament to his passion for quality.

WSWine Spectator - 93 points

Fresh crushed apple, dried ginger and ripe pear flavors show beautiful purity and form, firmed up by a racy beam of acidity and salty mineral notes. Full and rich without feeling fat, this is beautifully balanced through the savory, smoke-kissed finish. Drink now through 2030.

Jancis Robinson
"Powerful matchstick reduction on the nose and lovely flinty smokiness too. Dry, lean palate and tight, crunchy structure. Long, fragrant finish. Where Loire Chenin and Chablis cross over? 17/20 points. (RH)"

Vinous Reverie Notes
“With François Chidaine, Jacky Blot has been instrumental in taking Montlouis out of Vouvray’s shadow and establishing for it a reputation of its own—and a better one at that. Much of what he has done appears old hat today, but it was revolutionary at the time: organic viticulture, hand harvests, wild yeasts, barrel fermentations and no malolactic conversions” ~ Vinous Media

Certified organic. 1 ha in Noizay - One of the iconic vineyards in Vouvray. Silex and pure limestone on the premiere cote of Vouvray. 50+ year old vines. South exposure. Fermented and aged in barrel (20% new, 80% 1-4 year old barrels).